- Jun 13, 2013
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I took a picture of my barred rock today because I was wondering if her tail feathers were normal. She's a round rump chicken and I didn't think they were supposed that way. When I got them at a day old I was just learning and didn't realize pasty bottom happened in a days time and I had one chick only that would get it pretty bad, and once so bad that around her little bottom was bald. Also, I think the other chickens tended to pick on her and would pluck at her feathers which gave her some bald spots so we named her "Baldy" Well, as you can see once we put them out into the yard from the house containers, she flourished and is so darn cute and certainly not bald. I'm wondering though if this may have been the chick that got pasty and now she won't have feathers that perk up in the back like the rest. Any info would be appreciated. As I said I'm a first timer and although I did lots of reading, I'm still learning.
